
2016-10-19 10:56 AM
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Big Schools of Redfish - October is a great month to get out fishing. This time of year, you will find big schools of redfish are cruising along the beaches. Oversized fish are being caught in the 30-plus range, but there are also numerous schools of slot-sized fish to be more...
Capt. Darrin Covert - Sanibel |

2015-11-25 9:25 AM
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Warm Water Keeps Tarpon Biting - The warm weather has helped the tarpon make a good showing. We are seeing fish up to 150 pounds with several 100 pounders landed. As the weather continues to transition with the change of season, sheepshead will begin showing up around the docks wi more...
Capt. Darrin Covert - Sanibel |

2015-07-20 9:10 PM
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A Great Sanibel Vacation From Jim Cromer - Here is a great fishing report from my friend Jim Cromer. He had some great fishing and a wonderful vacation in late May and early June. Worth the read.
Hi Butch!
I was in Sanibel when I received the email about your illness. I hope that you more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-07-15 10:53 PM
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No Reports for the Month of June - Sorry! Due to ongoing health issues there will be no fishing reports for June. I hope to be back on the water soon. more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-06-09 3:54 PM
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One Last Trip After My Injury! - Fishing report for the week ending May 16, 2015:
The time between my last trip last Thursday and this morning had been crazy. I had strange things happen the Thursday afternoon that Bill and Gregg didn't know about. No details here, but I spend more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-05-17 1:46 PM
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Life Throws Me A Curve Ball To End Spring! - I started the week off with an old friend from Newark, New York, Bill Schrader. We've been friends and fishing buds for at least eleven years. He and his wife Nancy didn't make it down last year, but Bill always stays in touch. I picked Bill up at more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-05-02 3:28 PM
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Busy and Not So Busy, But All Good Days! - Report for the Week Ending 4/18/15........
I met Rob Kurens at the Circle K near my Florida home at 7 AM. We headed out to Sanibel ready for a day of fishing. Traffic was light on the way out, and we were on the water by 8 AM.
The wind had be more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-05-01 2:21 PM
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Great People, Great Boats, Great Waters, Great Weather - Week Ending 4/11/15.......
It was Easter Sunday, and my first trip with Frank Coffey, of Boundbrook, New Jersey. I met Frank at the Circle K near my home at 7 AM. He had taken a taxi from the Hyatt on south 41. We headed out to Sanibel as dawn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-04-14 6:25 AM
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Good Fishing, Tough Catching - Fishing Report for the week ending 4/4/15:
It's Saturday morning. The day before Easter, and the day of the third Blood Moon in the last year. I crawled out at 5 AM, after laying there tossing and turning for three hours. I guess something in m more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |

2015-03-14 3:35 PM
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Good Anglers And Good Fishing! - Report for week ending 3/7/15.......
I met Todd Lawson, who I'd done a beach snook fishing trip with last year, at the ramp at 7:00 AM. The beach snook were not cooperative that day, and I offered Todd a Pro Bono kayak fishing trip to make up for more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Sanibel |